Eoin Morgan says England might make a “left-field name” with their new white-ball captaincy and create an association the place Check skipper Ben Stokes is parachuted in to do the job for main tournaments.
England are on the lookout for a brand new captain for the boys’s one-day and T20 sides after Jos Buttler resigned following their early exit within the Champions Trophy.
Morgan, who skippered England to 50-over World Cup glory in 2019, has instructed a situation the place a “lieutenant” of Stokes’ holds the reins for the overwhelming majority of bilateral collection with the red-ball skipper introduced again for World Cups.
England director of males’s cricket Rob Key stated earlier this month it will be “silly” to not think about Stokes as a white-ball captain.
Stokes, 33, has been Check captain since 2022 however the all-rounder has not performed white-ball cricket for England because the 2023 50-over World Cup.
“I believe a little bit of a left-field name can be to ask Ben Stokes to contemplate the function, not essentially on a full-time foundation,” Morgan instructed Sky Sports activities, exterior.
“You would need to create an atmosphere the place Ben would slip out and in seamlessly in preparation for giant tournaments after which sit on the backburner and concentrate on Check match cricket till these huge tournaments got here up.
“Everybody must be on the identical web page about the way it may work.”
